Accuracy in Media
   Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
   http://www.aim.org/

Adbusters
   Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.
   http://www.adbusters.org

Alternative Media Watch
   Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.
   http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm

American Journalism Review
   National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
   http://www.ajr.org

Center for Media and Democracy
   A wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative focused on the public relations industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices. Contribute to a quarterly investigative journal, the Weekly Spin listserv, donate or draw on newsfeeds.
   http://www.prwatch.org/

Center for Media and Public Affairs
   Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
   http://www.cmpa.com

Columbia Journalism Review
   Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
   http://www.cjr.org/

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
   National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
   http://www.fair.org/

Global Media Monitoring Project
   A twice-a-decade study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the world’s news media.
   http://www.whomakesthenews.org/

Independent Press Councils (IPC)
   Containing details of press councils who have successfully adapted the idea of self-regulation to their own cultural and political context, to facilitate the exchange of views and information, and to promote and support self-regulation.
   http://www.media-accountability.org

Media Matters for America
   A non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Founded by David Brock, a conservative media insider.
   http://mediamatters.org/

Media Monitors Network
   Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.
   http://www.mediamonitors.net

Media Research Center
   Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.
   http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Media Transparency
   Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations.
   http://www.mediatransparency.org

Media Watch
   Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.
   http://www.mediawatch.com

Media Watch (ABC TV)
   A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.
   http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/

MediaChannel.org
   Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.
   http://www.mediachannel.org

Morality in Media
   Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
   http://www.moralityinmedia.org/

National Institute on Media and the Family
   Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.
   http://www.mediafamily.org

NewsTrust
   Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions.
   http://beta.newstrust.net/

On the Media
   Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
   http://www.onthemedia.org/

PR Watch
   Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.
   http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/index.html

Press Complaints Commission
   Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.
   http://www.pcc.org.uk/

Project Censored
   Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.
   http://www.projectcensored.org

Social Legislation
   Discuss U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media. Explains the Deleting Online Predators Act, the Social Networking Website Prohibition Act and the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act.
   http://www.sociallegislation.com/

Stats
   Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues.
   http://www.stats.org/

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
   Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
   http://people-press.org/

Tyndall Report
   Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.
   http://www.tyndallreport.com/